The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

by Samantha Shannon

“Great Nayimathun.” A low growl. Tané closed her eyes. “Rise, Tané,”the dragon said. “I told you. You must speak to me as you would to a friend.” “No, great Nayimathun. I have been no friend to you,” Tané raised her head, but there was a stone in her throat. “The honored Governor of Ginura was right to exile me from Seiiki. You were on the beach that night because of me. All of this happened because you chose me, and not one of the others, as your kin.” Her voice quavered. “You should not speak kindly to me. I have killed and lied and served myself. I ran from my punishment. The water in me was never pure.” The dragon tilted her head. Tané tried to stay facing her, but a rush of shame made her drop her gaze. “To be kin to a dragon,” Nayimathun said, “you must not only have a soul of water. You must have the blood of the sea, and the sea is not always pure. It is not any one thing. There is darkness in it, and danger, and cruelty. It can raze great cities with its rage. Its depths are unknowable; they do not see the touch of the sun. To be a Miduchi is not to be pure, Tané. It is to be the living sea. That is why I chose you. You have a dragon’s heart.”

I am obsessed with this dragon and need my own. She is a girls girl